Jerome Isaac Friedman
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Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American
quarks. Friedman sits on the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
.
Life and career
Born in
Chicago, Illinois to Lillian (née Warsaw) and Selig Friedman, a sewing machine salesman, Friedman's Jewish[3] parents emigrated to the U.S. from Russia. Jerome Friedman excelled in art but became interested in physics after reading a book on relativity written by Albert Einstein. He turned down a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago in order to study physics at the University of Chicago. Whilst there he worked under Enrico Fermi, and eventually received his Ph.D. in physics in 1956. In 1960, he joined the physics faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.
In 1968–69, commuting between MIT and California, he conducted experiments with
institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Friedman is also a member of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[4]
In 2003, he was one of 22 Nobel laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.[5] He is an atheist.[6]
Friedman is one of the 20 American recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics to sign a letter addressed to President George W. Bush in May 2008, urging him to "reverse the damage done to basic science research in the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" by requesting additional emergency funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.[7]
Popular Culture
Prof Friedman appeared on an episode of Da Ali G Show, where Sacha Baron Cohen interviews Jerome as a fictional character called Ali G.[8]
Publications
- Friedman, J. I., Kendall, H. W., et al. "Experimental Search for a Heavy Electron", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission) September 1967.
- Friedman, J. I. "Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering: Experimental", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Department of Energy (through predecessor agency the Atomic Energy Commission) October 1971.
Honors
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2016)- Member of the American Philosophical Society (2002)[9]
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1992)[10]
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1991)[11]
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1980)[12]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780824208349. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "Nobel prize citation". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ "Jewish Laureates of Nobel Prize in Physics". Jewish Laureates of Nobel Prize in Physics. Israel Science and Technology Homepage. 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "Board of Sponsors". Board of Sponsors. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 2014. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ "Notable Signers". Humanism and its Aspirations. American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Nobel laureate Friedman: Time travel is not possible". Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ^ "A Letter from America's Physics Nobel Laureates" (PDF).
- ^ Ali G + Borat - Dog Contest ( Super Funny ), retrieved June 24, 2023
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Jerome I. Friedman". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Jerome Isaac Friedman". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
External links
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Wikiquote has quotations related to Jerome Isaac Friedman.
- Oral history interview transcript with Jerome Friedman on 12 August 2020, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- Jerome Isaac Friedman on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1990 Deep Inelastic Scattering: Comparisons with the Quark Model
- Friedman page at MIT
- Jerome Friedman Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler Archived May 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine radio show January 5, 2005
- Friedman Explains Role of Quarks in Killian Talk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (April 1, 2001)
- Will Innovation Flourish in the Future? Opinion by Jerome Friedman, American Institute of Physics
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